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Turkey experts worry Erdoğan may use Al Qaeda against Kurds
John RossomandoInvestigative Project on Terrorism17.10.2018
“Anyone who is saying that Erdoğan, AKP and Al Qaeda are enemies are making a huge mistake. They don’t like democracy, but they see that Erdoğan is the best way for them to reach their objectives,” said Ahmet Yayla, former chief of counterterrorism in Sanliurfa, near the Syrian border.
Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters. Credit: Flickr.
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Report: Congress investigates $200,000 given to terrorist-designated group by US
16.10.2018
Congress is investigating a 2014 decision by the Obama administration to give $200,000 to the Islamic Relief Agency, which the United States designated as a terrorist group in 2004 because it provided funding to Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Islamic Relief Agency’s Orphan Sponsorship program helps children in Jordan with basic necessities. But it is also sanctioned as a terror entity, linked to Osama bin Laden. Credit: Islamic Relief Agency.
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Al-Qaeda calls on Muslims to carry out jihad against US in response to Jerusalem embassy move
14.05.2018
In a five-minute video titled “Tel Aviv Is Also a Land of Muslims,” Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called on Muslims to carry out a jihad against the United States in response to America’s decision to move its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Israelis read about the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the news on May 3, 2011. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90
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